TYRE SHORTAGE
HEAVY DUTY CLASSES (Special) WELLINGTON, May 9. "It would appear that the greatest shortage of tyres is in the heavy duty classes," said an officer of the Department of Supply. "It is, of course, in these classes that there is the greatest demand under a war economy, and, even before the sources of raw matrial passed into Japanese hands, difficulties in the supply of these tyres were already appearing. Tyre manufacturing plants in the United States and Great Britain were then working to full capacity, but factories with moulds for "the heavy classes were finding it extremely difficult to keep up with the demand." There is little likelihood that more than a small part of New Zealand's needs can now be obtained from overseas, so that the retreading of worn tyres will have to be the main source in the future. For this reason, it was stated, the retention by users of wornout tyres till arrangements for their collection have been announced by the Supply Department is an imperative necessity. Regulations prohibiting their disposal have already been gazetted.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24912, 11 May 1942, Page 4
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180TYRE SHORTAGE Otago Daily Times, Issue 24912, 11 May 1942, Page 4
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